SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2025:3900-1 (poppler)

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SUSE-SU-2025:3900-1: important: Security update for poppler
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Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:30:07 -0000
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# Security update for poppler

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2025:3900-1  
Release Date: 2025-10-31T14:56:41Z  
Rating: important  
References:

  * bsc#1250908
  * bsc#1251940

  
Cross-References:

  * CVE-2025-43718
  * CVE-2025-52885

  
CVSS scores:

  * CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ):  6.8
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-43718 ( SUSE ):  6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
  * CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ):  2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
  * CVE-2025-43718 ( NVD ):  6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  * CVE-2025-52885 ( SUSE ):  7.0
    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  * CVE-2025-52885 ( SUSE ):  7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
  * CVE-2025-52885 ( NVD ):  6.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

  
Affected Products:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

  
  
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

## Description:

This update for poppler fixes the following issues:

  * CVE-2025-43718: Fixed uncontrolled recursion in the regex-based metadata
    parser when processing specially crafted PDF files allows for stack
    exhaustion and denial of service (bsc#1250908).
  * CVE-2025-52885: Fixed raw pointers can lead to dangling pointers when the
    vector is resized (bsc#1251940).

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".  
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-3900=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2025-3900=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3900=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2025-3900=1

  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5  
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2025-3900=1

## Package List:

  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-qt5-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-qt6-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt6-3-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt6-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt6-3-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    * libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-32bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-32bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    * libpoppler-glib8-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-64bit-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-qt5-1-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-64bit-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64
    x86_64)
    * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
  * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    * libpoppler-glib8-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib8-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-glib-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler126-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-devel-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-debugsource-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * typelib-1_0-Poppler-0_18-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * poppler-tools-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1
    * libpoppler-cpp0-debuginfo-23.01.0-150500.3.26.1

## References:

  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-43718.html
  * https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-52885.html
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250908
  * https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251940



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